VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-2094

CVSS score8.4 HIGH
EPSS probability47.71%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2013-05-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Linux / Kernel

Description

The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call.

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